Water Margin people

Chapter 356
Beside the mountains and rivers behind Liangshan.

"Brother, I have reconfigured the gunpowder according to the recipe and made Thunderbolt!"

Ling Zhen said to Sun Lei excitedly, he was holding an iron ball in his hand, which contained the newly prepared gunpowder. Da Song called this kind of firearm a thunderbolt.

Ling Zhen can be regarded as a technological madman. After going up the mountain, Sun Lei marked out an open space for him in the back mountain. He found Tao Zongwang, built a few houses a day, and then drilled in and started the research of gunpowder. So I hurriedly looked for Sun Lei to have a look.

"The portions are good."

Sun Lei weighed the Thunderbolt and nodded, it's not too heavy. People with supernatural powers like Lu Zhishen and Wu Song might be able to throw it very far. It can be regarded as a huge grenade.

"Brother, brother saltpeter and sulfur have been purified according to brother's instructions, and the charcoal used is high-quality willow charcoal!"

Ling Zhen looked at Sun Lei gratefully, Sun Lei did not break his promise, he really gave him enough support, gave him the opportunity to display his talents, and never pointed fingers or interfered with his research, without Sun Lei, he would have nothing in his life Gunpowder with such power cannot be researched.

"How are you going to launch this thing? Use a barrel?"

Sun Lei looked at Ling Zhen and asked.

"Brother, this is hollow and has a thin iron skin. It cannot be fired with a barrel. It can just be ignited and thrown out, or fired with a thunderbolt cannon."

Ling Zhen pointed to the lead wire on the Thunderbolt, and the Thunderbolt Cannon (small trebuchet) next to it.

"Come and try it at home!"

Lu Zhishen took the Zhentianlei and weighed it. He felt that the weight was not bad, and it was not too heavy.

"Is this thing waterproof?"

Sun Lei looked at Ling Zhen and asked.

"Brother, don't worry, the lead wire is waterproof, and the opening is also sealed with paraffin."

Ling Zhen nodded.

"Then throw it in the water and try!"

Sun Lei pointed to the empty water surface, where is the best place for the experiment.

With the ignition of the lead wire, Lu Zhishen stepped forward in two steps and threw it vigorously. The Thunderbolt drew an arc in the air and landed nearly [-] steps away. The Thunderbolt fell into the water with a "plop".

Everyone held their breath and looked at the place where Zhentianlei fell into the water. Most people on the mountain were very unfamiliar with firearms, which only existed in fireworks and rumors.

"boom!"

A muffled loud noise came from underwater, and a huge white water curtain rose up, splashing in all directions, the water curtain was several feet high, and the range reached five or six feet, causing waves in the calm water.

Everyone was stunned at the power of gunpowder. They had never seen such a powerful thing. If it was used on the battlefield, it would kill people invisible. Wouldn't anyone die if it was fired?
"Brother, it's a success! It's a success!"

Ling jumped up excitedly, this is the power of the firearm he pursued all his life.

"Not bad, not bad!"

Sun Lei clapped his hands and said with a smile, this power is much greater than the power he created casually that day. It seems that this professional thing still needs to be done by professionals.

"I don't want gunpowder to have such power!"

Xiao Jiasui and the others sighed in astonishment, they had never been in contact with the army, and they didn't know much about the secret weapons of the army, such as firearms. At most, they learned about them from books, and the firearms described in the books were not so powerful.

"Now this firearm is not complete, and it is greatly restricted when it is really charged, but it is perfect for defense and attack."

Sun Lei said with a smile.

"Brother doesn't know. We are only powerful. This Thunderbolt can be improved and become "Poison Smoke Ball", "Dung Can Cannon", "Tribulus Fireball", and "Fireball".

"There is only gunpowder in this thunderbolt now, and highly poisonous medicine is added to it. After the explosion, the poisonous smoke billows, and he smells bleeding from the mouth and nose and dies of poisoning. It is called: Poison smoke ball."

"Add all kinds of feces inside, and after the explosion, it can fly within tens of feet, and if it sticks to the armor, the wounds will become sores and fester. That is the dung cannon."

"Add all kinds of broken nails, barbed thorns, and steel balls to it. After the explosion, people and animals within ten feet around will be penetrated by the debris, and there is no possibility of survival. That is the thorny fireball."

"Add flint fragments and kerosene, which are very easy to catch fire, and after the explosion, the nearby fire will continue, even if it touches the body, it will not be extinguished by water! That is the fireball."

Ling Zhen excitedly introduced the various "magical functions" of Zhentianlei, and Sun Lei was dumbfounded when he heard it, and scolded himself for being too kind, and there were too many vicious moves on the battlefield, and a group of gunpowder formulas didn't understand People came up with all kinds of vicious and vicious ideas, it was a double blow of physics and magic.

"How about using it in a gun?"

Sun Lei could only ask helplessly, it would be even better if this thing could happen with a gun barrel.

Throwing gunpowder in a thunderbolt is just one way to use it. Although the power of gunpowder in the Northern Song Dynasty was not very powerful, it did a lot of tricks, and many of them were very advanced. It is considered to be at the forefront of the times. Looking back Millennium is still not out of date.

"Wu Jing Zong Yao" clearly records gunpowder weapons such as fireballs, fireballs, caltrop fireballs, thunderbolt fireballs, smoke balls, poison smoke balls, and iron-mouthed fire harriers.

There are also as many as 14 kinds of "cannons" that specialize in firing incendiary firearms. , "Joint Cannon" and so on.

"Brother, my younger brother has asked Brother Tang Long to build a tiger squat cannon!"

Ling Zhen pointed to the object covered by the black cloth beside him and said, Tang Long lifted the black cloth with a smile, and saw a fat cannon crouching on the ground, it really looked like a tiger crouching.

"How far can this thing hit?"

Sun Lei touched the slightly short and bulky cannon and asked.

"Brother, because the power of the gunpowder has increased, it is not a problem for the projectile to hit the other side!"

Ling Zhen pointed to the north bank of Liangshan Po. It would not be a problem for his cannon to hit the entire water park.

"Isn't that ten miles away?"

Sun Lei looked a little bit, Liaoerwa is not small, and the north bank is the closest to Liangshan, which is more than ten miles away.

"Brother, the caliber of this cannon is not big enough. The little brother of Jiazhanku's Fenghuo giant cannon has fought for fourteen or five miles before!"

Ling Zhen said proudly, fourteen to five miles is the record for the artillery range of the Song Army, and only he can do it.

"Take a shot and see!"

Sun Lei nodded, no matter how Ling Zhen fought, as long as the distance is good.

"Order!"

Ling Zhen apologized excitedly and started loading the gunpowder as soon as he saluted, and everyone watched curiously how he could hit a projectile so far.

Ling Zhen first filled a bag of gunpowder powder, compacted it with a cork, and then put a round shell into the barrel for compaction. The projectile could barely enter the barrel. Far.

"Isn't it difficult to build this gun barrel?"

Sun Lei looked at Tang Long with a smile and asked.

"Let a brother talk about preparations. Brother Ling Zhen's requirements are not as strict as usual. He has requirements for the weight of the gun, how thick it is, and the thickness of the barrel. He also personally participated in the construction. The younger brother and him are four blacksmiths, and it took five days to shoot it. Such a cannon."

Tang Long said with a wry smile, it's not that he has never shot guns before, and the Western Army has also built gun barrels, but never had such strict requirements as Ling Zhen.

(End of this chapter)